omega1368

Hi im looking for some advice on what hardware i should get to build a stable pc for gaming and 3D modeling, i would like it to have windows vista inistalled on it. Im a university student so my budget is a bit limited, im aiming for a £500. With the new games coming out such as Diablo 3 , battlefiled 1943 im going to be needing 4 gb min ram, 512 min graphics card and a fairly fast CPU. I have build a Desktop before but I have failed to get matching hardware. I have a Nvidia graphics card in the past and i have had bad experiences with it, i would like to get a Ati card this time. If anyone knows a good set of hardware that will match each other ( so there not bottle necking ) please reply and let me know.

Thank you.

Yanko693

so thats roughly 800 usd? if so here is a build i'm about to make that should do fine.
this board and cpu combo has massive OC potential


Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128358

Intel E8400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115037

Corsair 750TX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139006

XFX HD 4870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150394

Patriot Extreme ddr2 1066 (2x2gb)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220397

and hdd and case are just your preference


Comes to $641.54 or 392.478 GBP So you have ~200usd for a case and hdd

you can't go wrong with

Antec 902
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129058

WD Caviar 320gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136098


and for an OS just get the Windows 7 RC and preorder the upgrade.

omega1368

thats a nice system thanks for your reply, is the 6 or 8 mb cache on the cpu gonna make that much diffrance?

Yanko693

not really noticable unless you do hardcore rendering, modeling, video editing etc. in those cases you would just go to the i7 anyway.

omega1368

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
£126

Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£99

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£113

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK)
£41

Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS)
£35

Antec 902 Nine Hundred Two Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)
£94

Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-650TXUK)
£71

£600 including VAT and Delivery.

Have look at this spec and let me know if this will work. I want the computer to last atleast for a 2 to 3 years before upgrading. Thanks for you help

Yanko693

that should do it. happy building

bomberboysk

I would personally go am3, and not even think about intel socket 775 as it is end of life, and no new cpu releases on that platform, so be warned that in the future, if you get socket 775 then you will need a new mobo and cpu when you upgrade. Id go for something like this:

Mobo:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158608
CPU:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159071
Memory:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166463

Triple core>Dual core, same price, and DDR3, with a crossfire capable motherboard too

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Yanko693

i'm not an amd fan so sometimes i forget to mention their existence
ha